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. 2011 Jul;17(7):1320-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid1707.100740.

Yersinia pestis in small rodents, Mongolia

Julia M Riehm, Damdindorj Tserennorov, Daniel Kiefer, Ingo W Stuermer, Herbert Tomaso, Lothar Zoller, Dashdavaa Otgonbaatar, Holger C Scholz

Yersinia pestis in small rodents, Mongolia

Julia M Riehm et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Jul.
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Yersina pestis in rodents in Mongolia. Shaded areas show the known distribution of enzootic plague in Mongolia during 1948–1999 (V. Batsaikhan, J. Myagmar, G. Bolormaa, National Center for Infectious Diseases with Natural Foci, Ulanbaatar, Mongolia; pers. comm.). The following 133 rodents were investigated: gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus, 61; M. meridianus, 25; Rhombomys opimus, 17); jerboas (Allactaga sibirica, 6; Stylodipus telum, 1; Dipus sagitta, 4; Cardiocranius paradoxus, 1), and squirrels (Spermophilus alaschanicus, 1; Citellus dauricus, 1). Plague-positive trapping loci were the following: 1, Tuv Aimag, Bayanunjuul Sum; 2–4, Umnugovi Aimag (2, Nomgon Sum; 3, Bayandalai Sum; 4, Manlai Sum). Y. pestis DNA was found in 7 rodents (gerbils and jerboas).
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